People do not think about market dynamics, which leads to easily being manipulated by ideological claims that go against the evidence. Especially if framed as “more moral” or benefiting them over those richer than them. Motivated reasoning.
Though if you question them on topics that are familiar, they do intuitively understand them. Try asking a leftist if Taylor Swift deserves to be more famous than some random woman singing in a coffee shop and her arguments tend to be quite capitalistic. They get it, but have distaste for the idea that “people who offer more value to society end up being more successful members of that society”.
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